Section 1. RETAILING PHARMACIES
Article: 20
Retailing pharmacy means the establishment which mainly deals with dispense preparing,
preserving and controlling the quality of drugs and other pharmaceutical product
Article: 21
With the exception of Public Health establishments or those linked to the state heal scheme
and subsidiary to Article 6 of this Law, only a pharmacist shall be allowed to own a retailing
pharmacy.
Without prejudice to the clauses in the preceding paragraph of this article and for major
reasons of public health, the Minister responsible for Health for may after, consultation the
Council of the Association of Pharmacists, authorize mutualistic associations and other non
profit making Associations to open and exploit retailing pharmacies.
Article: 22
The retailing pharmacy should be accessible to the public in at least one of its components
and display in legible characters the sign and the name of the pharmacist owning it.
Article: 23
Without prejudice to the clauses of Article 18 of the present Law, the Minister of H shall
determine the minimum working hours the Head pharmacist must spend into
Establishment.
Article: 24
In case it is impossible for him/her to fulfill the obligation stated in Article 23, pharmacist
shall find himself/herself another one to replace him/her in accordance with Article of this
Law.
No pharmacy should remain open in the absence of the Head pharmacist or his/her
substitute.
Article: 25
In case the pharmacist's period of absence extends or must extend beyond six months,
pharmacy should be taken over by someone else. In case of take, over, the successor
pharmacist should be authorized by the Minister responsible for Health.
Article: 26
A decree issued by the Minister responsible for health shall determine the list of product
other than those referred to in Article 2 paragraph 2 of this Law, which are supposed to be
delivered in pharmacy.
Article: 27